Plan for: Thanksgiving | Advent | Christmas

Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Making Choices" showing 7,761-7,780 of 8,351

Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Stop The Bleeding But Heal The Wound! ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 4, 2005
     | 6,203 views

    Stop the Bleeding But Heal the Wound! (10.07.05--Beginning Again!--Genesis 16:7-10) There is one good rule for starting over. If something’s broken, don’t try to fix it with anything less than your best effort. The odds are that the more you try to “band-aid” things, the longer it will take for ...read more

  • It's The Fruit And Not The Tree! ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,125 views

    It’s The Fruit and Not The Tree! (10.24.05--Making It!--Psalm 1:3) Each year as the seasons change, so does the selection of fruit that is available at my local Piggly Wiggly. In early summer there are the tangy apricots and sweet plums along with nutty peaches and nectarines. As summer passes, ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago My Husband, Charlie, And I Had ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 14, 2006
     | 2,058 views

    A few years ago my husband, Charlie, and I had some marital problems. Growing family responsibilities and financial worries took a toll on us, and we began arguing frequently, often late into the night. Even going out together for dinner was strained and full of forced conversation. But neither ...read more

  • Excellent Congregations: Excellent Protestant ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,952 views

    Excellent Congregations: Excellent Protestant Congregations, by Paul Wilkes and published by Westminster John Knox Press identified the following 26 common traits among the "excellent" protestant congregations. 1. A vibrancy about living a Christian life...living on the creative and holy edge of ...read more

  • Introduction: Risks Can Be Scary. Risks Can Be ...

    Contributed by John Harvey on Sep 10, 2006
     | 1,719 views

    Introduction: Risks can be scary. Risks can be life-changing and exhilarating, or they can be disasters. Some risks are easy to take and others come with considerable calculation of the costs. One constant thing about life is that we are going to encounter risks. Risks scare me. Some risks that I ...read more

  • The Amazing Providence Of God  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,925 views

    The Amazing Providence of God In the late 1800’s a member of Britain’s Parliament went to Scotland to make a speech. He got off the train in Edinburgh, and then took a carriage south toward his destination. Unfortunately, the carriage became stuck in deep mud. A local farm boy came to the ...read more

  • Ikuko Toguri Was Born In Los Angeles On July 4, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 8, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,805 views

    Ikuko Toguri was born in Los Angeles on July 4, 1916 the daughter of Japanese immigrants. She went by the name Iva. Iva was a Girl Scout as a child, and she was raised as a Methodist. Iva graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in Zoology. She then worked in her ...read more

  • My Home Church Always Put On A Christmas Play ...

    Contributed by J. Curtis Goforth, O.s.l. on Dec 30, 2006
     | 2,442 views

    My home church always put on a Christmas play with the children of the church. And one evening, I was being especially disruptive downstairs as some of the younger children were getting ready for their parts in the play, and my pastor came downstairs to try and bring us under some sort of control. ...read more

  • The Difference Between God's Law And God's Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jan 20, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,711 views

    The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ … (Verse 17) If you compare the two, you’ll find that when the Law came down, 3,000 people died. That’s in Exodus 32:28. When the Holy Spirit came down, 3,000 people were saved. That’s in Acts 2:41. That’s the ...read more

  • British Airways 2069 Left Heathrow's London ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,525 views

    British Airways 2069 left Heathrow’s London Airport everything seemed to be going quite well at first. Six hours into the flight some of the passengers were asleep, some of the reading lights were on, everyone was comfortably settled in when suddenly everyone was jarred awake by a violent dip of ...read more

  • A 2003 Study From The Barna Research Group Shows ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Apr 1, 2007
     | 1,398 views

    A 2003 study from the Barna Research Group shows that many of our country’s moral and spiritual challenges are directly related to the absence of a biblical worldview among Americans. Barna’s study of 2,033 adults showed that only 4 percent have a biblical worldview as the basis of their ...read more

  • E. Our Bodies Are So Wonderfully Created. In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,962 views

    E. Our bodies are so wonderfully created. In each 24 hours the average adult body accomplishes much: 1. Your heart beats 103,689 times every 24 hours. 2. Your blood travels 168,000,000 miles every 24 hours. 3. You breathe 23,040 times every 24 hours. 4. You inhale 438 cubic feet of air every 24 ...read more

  • Baseball For Our Family Is A Loved And Cherished ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,928 views

    Baseball for our family is a loved and cherished sport. All three of four children played, beginning with t-ball. The baby of the family, Rowdy, started playing ball in the front yard with his daddy at the age of two years old. So by the time he was four, Rowdy was more than ready to play. I ...read more

  • Amy Was Very Close To Her Grandmother. They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,485 views

    Amy was very close to her Grandmother. They visited often and shared some of the most memorable moments. When she was very small, they played together, walked together and when Amy was sick Grandma would stay with her so Mom and Dad could go to work. So they loved each other in all situations and ...read more

  • Bad Judges Have Highlighted The News More Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,018 views

    Bad judges have highlighted the news more than ever the last few months as investigations into rulings doled out to child predators have revealed so many judges exercising extreme lenience that is not helping our kids safety. It’s one thing for a judge to be merciful, but quite another thing to ...read more

  • Henry Winstanley Never For Lacked For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,250 views

    Henry Winstanley never for lacked for confidence. Becoming a man as England was becoming the mercantile juggernaut in the late 1600s, Henry Winstanley was a man who knew how to make a name for himself. He made his money as a showman, and then invested it in ships. A proud man, he knew that ...read more

  • Order Of The Bath

    Contributed by Gary Kins on Jun 25, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,352 views

    Order of the Bath "The Most Honorable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. However, the origin of the Order is said to be medieval, the earliest mention being in 1128. The name derives from the ancient ceremony wherein individuals participated in a ...read more

  • Nietzsche Said "A Man Can Undergo Torture If He ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,125 views

    Nietzsche said “A man can undergo torture if he knows the way of life,” but Christian Reger said, "here at Dachu, I learned something far greater. I learned to know the who of my life. He was enough to sustain me then, and is enough to sustain me still.” Christian Reger was a minister with the ...read more

  • My Wife Christina And I Always Get Up Early To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Dec 7, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,711 views

    My wife Christina and I always get up early to shop the day after Thanksgiving. This year we drove to a hotel that evening so that we could get up at 3:00 A.M. to get in line at Toys ‘R’ us to catch the door buster sales that morning. This is something that we started doing years ago when we ...read more

  • Story: In The Late Nineteenth Century In South ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 833 views

    Story: In the late nineteenth Century in South Africa, an old man was digging for gold in a river bed. He had been at it for many years. Every now and then he found a little bit of gold, not enough to make him rich – but just enough to maintain his interest. The part of river in which he was ...read more

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 387
  • 388
  • 389
  • 390
  • 391
  • 417
  • 418
  • Next